― Elaine Dundy, The Old Man and Me. 0 likes. Like “She stared at the goldfish bowl uncertainly. “I can never remember whether I’ve fed him or not,” she said suddenly. “I kept on feeding them and they kept on dying all the time. All but one. So I don’t know if he killed the . · It’s hard to read Elaine Dundy’s The Old Man and Me without comparing it to her previous novel, The Dud Avocado. I hate to do so, when I really think they’re quite different, but some superficial characteristics just beg for it. Namely, the whole “young American girl in Paris” converted to “young American girl in London” business. A sly, funny novel about an American girl trying to make it in s London–and discovering that she's in over head. In The Dud Avocado, Elaine Dundy revealed the life of the young expatriate in Paris in all its hilarious and heartbreaking drama. With The Old Man and Me, written when Dundy was living in England in the early s, she tackles the American girl in London, a bit older but 4/5(5).
Betsy Lou Saegessor (going by the name Honey Flood) is the marvelously flaky, darkly stubborn, witty, and vivid heroine of The Old Man and Me, Dundy's second novel. An American girl who "hates everything English," she careens her way through London of the early '60s with hectic energy, on a mission to find, seduce, and kill C.D. McKee. In The Dud Avocado, Elaine Dundy revealed the life of the young expatriate in Paris in all its hilarious and heartbreaking www.doorway.ru The Old Man and Me, written when Dundy was living in England in the early s, she tackles the American girl in London, a bit older but certainly no wiser. Honey Flood (if that's her real name) arrives in London with only her quick wits and a scheme. ― Elaine Dundy, The Old Man and Me. 0 likes. Like "She stared at the goldfish bowl uncertainly. "I can never remember whether I've fed him or not," she said suddenly. "I kept on feeding them and they kept on dying all the time. All but one. So I don't know if he killed the rest or if I was over-feeding them or starving them or what.
Excerpt: 'The Old Man And Me' This new reissue of Elaine Dundy's hit is far more literary than "chick lit" but just as much fun, absolutely crackling with deviousness and wit. Special Series. With The Old Man and Me, written when Dundy was living in England in the early s, she tackles the American girl in London, a bit older but certainly no wiser. Honey Flood (if that’s her real name) arrives in London with only her quick wits and a scheme. The Old Man and Me is referenced in The Allure of Nymphets about what the author Elaine Dundy wrote on this topic. In the novel, C.D., Honey's fifty-six-year-old love interest, reminded the teleiophile about the bonus of age-discrepant couple being seen together. CD said,"Think of all the attention you're getting. There. Doesn't that make you happy?".
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